Bird On, You are wrong. I was present at our "last little meeting" as you put it.
Quite a few of us challenged Ed on his decision. The first question that was raised, over this particular issue; Why was the pilot group not included in this decision? And then we stepped up the debate on this issue and many others too, like profit share,general pay rise and inflation etc... So, wind your neck in sparrow!!
Check 'Six'